Text of Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the ...

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This simple resolution was agreed to on June 24, 2009. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution. The text of the bill below is as of Jun 23, 2009 (Reported by House Committee).

Ms. Pingree of Maine,
from the Committee on
Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred
to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill
(H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.

That at any time after the adoption
of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII,
declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department
of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, and
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those
arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to
the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. After
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute
rule.

2.(a)

It shall be in order to
consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee
on Armed Services now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except those
arising under clause 10 of rule XXI.

(b)

Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in
order except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying
this resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this
resolution.

(c)

Each amendment printed in the report of the
Committee on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in the report
(except as specified in section 4 of this resolution), may be offered only by a
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled
by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole.

(d)

All points of
order against amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules or
amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived except
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.

3.

It
shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Armed Services
or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in
the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier
disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed
Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. The original proponent of an amendment included in such
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record
immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

4.

The
Chair of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration of any
amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this
resolution out of the order printed, but not sooner than 30 minutes after the
chair of the Committee on Armed Services or a designee announces from the floor
a request to that effect.

5.

At
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall
rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment
in the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered as
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

6.

In
the engrossment of H.R. 2647, the Clerk shall—

(a)

add the text of
H.R. 2990, as passed by the House, as new matter at the end of H.R.
2647;

(b)

conform the title
of H.R. 2647 to reflect the addition to the engrossment of H.R. 2990;

(c)

assign
appropriate designations to provisions within the engrossment; and

(d)

conform
provisions for short titles within the engrossment.

7.

Upon the addition
of the text of H.R. 2990 to the engrossment of H.R. 2647, H.R. 2990 shall be
laid on the table.

8.

During
consideration of H.R. 2647, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum
time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of
rule XX.